Makhlouf Haddadin Lectureship
Initiated by Professor Bilal R. Kaafarani, a former student and colleague of Professor Makhlouf J. Haddadin, the Makhlouf Haddadin Endowment was established as of Feb 8, 2011.
Since 2011, proceeds from the Endowment have been used to grant Makhlouf Haddadin Awards to distinguished graduating chemistry undergraduate and graduate students. As of 2015, the Endowment proceeds are also used to fund an annual Makhlouf Haddadin lectureship.
The Makhlouf Haddadin Lectureship was inaugurated on March 18, 2015. The first Makhlouf Haddadin Lecture was given by Prof. Joseph W. Perry from the School of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology. Prof. Perry’s talk was entitled, “Organic and Hybrid Materials for Photonics and Electronics”.
On the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the American University of Beirut and its Faculty of Arts & Sciences, the 2016 Makhlouf Haddadin Symposium was organized on Oct 20-21, 2016. Seven world-renowned chemists delivered plenary Makhlouf Haddadin Lectures during this symposium.
Prof. M. G. Finn, Chair of the School of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology, delivered the 2017 Makhlouf Haddadin Lecture on February 6, 2017. The title of Prof. Finn's talk was “Click Reactions and Protein Nanoparticles: Building Functional Structures with Chemistry and Molecular Biology". Prof. Finn also delivered a public talk entitled, “Research as a Career: Publishing and Other Matters" on February 7, 2017. In this public talk, he talked about scientific publishing (introduction and basics, peer review, copyrights and ethics of scholarly publishing, and what editors look for). Prof. Finn blended this with a bit of personal history.
2016 Chemistry Nobel Laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart delivered the 2018 Makhlouf Haddadin Lecture at AUB on Sep 3, 2018. Sir Fraser's talk was entitled, “The Rise and Promise of Artificial Molecular Machines Based on the Mechanical Bond”. Sir Stoddart also delivered a public mentoring talk at AUB on Sep 4, 2018. Sir Fraser's mentoring talk was entitled, “Research Excellence Through Innovation: Doing Your Own Thing”.
On Sep 16, 2019, Prof. Omar Farha from Northwestern University delivered the 2019 Makhlouf Haddadin Lecture entitled, "Programmable Smart Sponges".
The 2022 Makhlouf Haddadin Symposium took place on Oct 6-7, 2022. Nine world-renowned chemists delivered plenary Makhlouf Haddadin Lectures during the Symposium. The 2022 Makhlouf Haddadin Symposium was supposed to celebrate Prof. Haddadin's 57 years of distinguished service at AUB and retirement. The sad passing away of the late Prof. Haddadin made the 2022 Makhlouf Haddadin Symposium more of a memorial symposium. President Khuri bestowed the University Medal upon the late Prof. Haddadin during the opening of the Symposium on Thursday, October 6th. Dr. Munther Haddadin received the Medal on behalf of the Haddadin family.
Source: Makhlouf Haddadin awards (2022). Retrieved from https://www.aub.edu.lb/Haddadin/Pages/default.aspx
